Mit an der Nacht zu tragen | Mit an der Nacht zu tragen

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Our share of night to bear

Language: English

Our translations: GER

Our share of night to bear,
Our share of morning,
Our blank in bliss to fill,
Our blank in scorning.

Here a star, and there a star,
Some lose their way.
Here a mist, and there a mist,
Afterwards - day!

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Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Our share of night to bear", published 1947 [ SSAA chorus and piano or chamber orchestra ], from From Emily's Diary [sung text not yet checked]
by Otto Luening (1900 - 1996), "Our share of night to bear", published 1961 [ medium voice and piano ], from Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson [sung text not yet checked]
by Gitta Steiner (1932 - 1990), "Our share of night to bear" [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from 4 Choruses of Emily Dickinson [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Mit an der Nacht zu tragen", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Mit an der Nacht zu tragen

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Mit an der Nacht zu tragen,
und mit am Morgen.
Was uns fehlt an Glück
und Spott, besorgen.

Hier ein Stern und ein Stern dort,
mancher verirrt sich.
Hier ein Nebel, einer dort,
dann regt der Tag sich!

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Based on:

a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890
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This text was added to the website: 2016-03-06
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Word count: 38